Children playing in the Kitimat Centennial Park. The totem pole is on the left side of the photograph, and water is shooting out from the fountain. There are two young girls standing on the edge of the fountain behind the shooting water, and there are people sitting on the benches around the park.
Children playing in the Kitimat Centennial Park. The totem pole is on the left side of the photograph, and water is shooting out from the fountain. There are two young girls standing on the edge of the fountain behind the shooting water, and there are people sitting on the benches around the park.
Photograph of Jack Fountain and Dr. Dorothea Bower (Mr and Mrs Fountain). This is supposedly their wedding photo. Photo taken at Artona Studio, Hastings & Homer Sts. Vancouver, B.C.
Wedding photo of Mr. and Mrs. Fountain from 1910. Dorothea, born in 1872, came to Kitamaat for mission work. She was a doctor, having received a degree at Trinity Medical Collage in Toronto in 1904, and as a woman, this was an unusual profession for the time. She was well liked by the people in Kitamaat, and became close with the Anderson family, often visiting their ranch as a respite from her duties. It was there she met Jack Fountain, a surveyor of lumber prospects. He arrived one night exhausted and ill, with his arm in an advanced state of devil’s club poisoning. Dr. Bower was called in to treat him, and managed to save not only his life, but his arm as well. It was from this incident that the two fell in love, and Jack asked Dorothea to marry him for saving his life. The engagement was not taken positively by those who knew them though. Jack was a kind and humorous man, but 10 years older and not religious; not considered a suitable fit for Dorothea. But despite opposition and risk for her reputation, the two were married in 1910 in Ontario, and later moved to Vancouver where this photo was taken.
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Donated by Mary Richmond.
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Photograph of Jack Fountain and Dr. Dorothea Bower (Mr and Mrs Fountain). This is supposedly their wedding photo. Photo taken at Artona Studio, Hastings & Homer Sts. Vancouver, B.C.
Photo showing Kitimat First-aid team places 2nd in Province, from left: Max Patzelt, Aubrey Creed, Sam Lindsay, Larry Saretsky, Warren Banks, Frank Grogan, Norman Harris.
Current: 1960s
-District of Kitimat
-St. John Ambulance
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Photo showing Kitimat First-aid team places 2nd in Province, from left: Max Patzelt, Aubrey Creed, Sam Lindsay, Larry Saretsky, Warren Banks, Frank Grogan, Norman Harris.
Kitimat's first opera, presented by the Canadian Opera Company, November 25, 1961. "Orpheus in the Underworld" was presented courtesy of a Canada Council Grant and the sponsorship of the Kitimat Concert Association.
Kitimat's first opera, presented by the Canadian Opera Company, November 25, 1961. "Orpheus in the Underworld" was presented courtesy of a Canada Council Grant and the sponsorship of the Kitimat Concert Association.
Photograph of Kitimat's first baby of 1966 wasn't very interested in photographer Max Patzelt's lens when this photo was taken but dad and mom, Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Marleau of 54 Little Wedeene, weren't trying to conceal their pride. Michele Denise, born at 1:50 a.m. January 1 and weighing six pounds four ounces, joins three brothers and one sister into the Marleau family.
Photograph of Kitimat's first baby of 1966 wasn't very interested in photographer Max Patzelt's lens when this photo was taken but dad and mom, Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Marleau of 54 Little Wedeene, weren't trying to conceal their pride. Michele Denise, born at 1:50 a.m. January 1 and weighing six pounds four ounces, joins three brothers and one sister into the Marleau family.
Photo showing the Foley/Welch and Stewart Cabin on Anderson Ranch which became the first school for pioneer children in Kitimat, from left to right: Beth Anderson, Bert Anderson, Martha Anderson, Jack Pine.
Photo showing the Foley/Welch and Stewart Cabin on Anderson Ranch which became the first school for pioneer children in Kitimat, from left to right: Beth Anderson, Bert Anderson, Martha Anderson, Jack Pine.
